Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/1999-12-13-Speech-1-143"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"1999-12-13"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles2
dcterms:Language	"de"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.19991213.8.1-143"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:1999-12-13-Speech-1-1442
lpv:speaker	lp:Klaus-Heiner Lehne2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; EPP-ED (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, essentially I can endorse what previous speakers have said. We have here a good example of a Europe which is close to the people. I should like to say quite clearly that the changes resulting from the transposition of this directive will ultimately benefit all the people of Europe and will also be experienced by them firsthand; they will not – as is often the case with other legislation – perhaps constitute an indirect benefit or not be entirely transparent. This is a problem which it is highly probable that everyone in the European Union will experience once at some stage in their life, and then they will obviously benefit accordingly from the directive. I think that this also needs to be mentioned explicitly here. I should like to express my thanks to Mr Rothley, the rapporteur, for preparing this report so thoroughly and for taking the initiative – it was of course also Parliament from whom the initiative came at that time – but I would, however, also like to thank the Commission and the Council for agreeing to this in principle. I do not, however, understand why the problem which has been mentioned here should continue to exist, because so far I have not heard one single comprehensible argument against accidents involving EU citizens in third countries being included in this directive. So far every argument against this has been unsatisfactory. Sometimes it is simply incorrect information – this also became clear in the last debate in the Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market, as far as the attitude of the insurance industry is concerned. I would simply ask the Commission and the Council to make an effort in this matter and go along with Parliament's position. Since the trialogue's preliminary discussion was inconclusive, at present we simply have no choice but to insist on our good and reasonable amendments and to adopt them once more here at this second reading. This will then give the Council and the Commission the opportunity to be more shrewd in the conciliation procedure. They should use that opportunity!"@en1

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